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From the Texas Tribune : University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall's public fight with the chancellor of the system he oversees isn't over yet. With the clock ticking on his time on the board of regents, Hall has filed an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court to get access to confidential student records that Chancellor Bill McRaven has denied him. Hall is seeking the records to gain more information about an admissions scandal involving students with powerful connections who were...

University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall is now the subject of a criminal investigation. The Public Integrity Unit of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office has opened an investigation into Hall after receiving a complaint from a legislative committee considering impeachment proceedings against the regent. Hall is accused of improper handling of student records as part of extensive open records requests of UT-Austin documents. Critics have accused Hall of conducting a "witch hunt" on behalf of Gov. Rick Perry to oust UT-Austin President Bill Powers .

The Senate Committee on Higher Education held a public hearing on Wednesday about a bill that would limit the power of higher education governing boards in Texas — including the UT System Board of Regents. The bill comes amid accusations that the UT System’s Board of Regents has been micromanaging UT President William Powers Jr. and the University of Texas. Gene Powell, chairman of the UT System Board of Regents, said in a statement in February that these accusations "surely had to be the...